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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Cost, Parts availability

They're building them out of cheap SBC with sd cards.

It's cheaper to put four economy SBC's in than one computer that can handle 4 displays.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    or, hear me out, a backlit piece of paper

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    They did that for years. It's a good servicable option.

    Of course, printing all those out and shipping them all over the world isn't without cost.

    These can be animated. Ideally, they can have an attract mode to improve sales.

    Corporate can force the hand of small shops to put the flavors in they want to market.

    There are probably as many pros as there are cons.

    You're 100% correct, they're not necessary

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